Resist the temptation to delete Apple software that came with Mac OS X, though; although new versions of some of it may be included with your Leopard upgrade, I can't guarantee that all of them.
Files used to boot macOS on Lenovo Legion Y520. Contribute to ImmersiveX/LEGION-Y520-macOS development by creating an account on GitHub. Its successor Mac OS X 5 also ran on PowerPC when it first launched; it wasn't until 10.4 that Apple began to switch to Intel processors instead, and 10.6 when PowerPC was finally dropped. Mac OS X was a huge step forward from Mac OS 9 in a number of ways, including preemptive multitasking so that you could actually run multiple things at.
Legion is a series of science fiction novellas written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The first book, titled Legion, was first published on August 31, 2012 by Subterranean Press, followed in November 2014 by Legion: Skin Deep, and in September 2018 by Legion: Lies of the Beholder. The books have received favorable reviews.
Background[edit]
Sanderson wrote the first story on the flight home from France in the summer of 2011. It 'came from an idea I'd been kicking around in my head for a few months, and the time seemed right to explore it on paper. When finished, I sent it out to my agent - and we had a Hollywood option by the end of the year.[1]
Plot[edit]
Legion[edit]
Legion tells the story of Stephen Leeds, better known as 'Legion', a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate multitude of personae. He is a brilliant problem solver, rich and quite good at what he does, helped by his hallucinations. However, he would rather be left alone, and that means no researchers or psychologists who want to get to the bottom of his abilities.
But then Legion receives a letter with a mysterious, impossible picture, and he can't resist traveling the world to search for answers. He must track down a missing inventor who disappeared with a camera that can take pictures of the past. Helped by Monica, who is also searching for the inventor, he travels to Jerusalem to solve the problem.
Legion: Skin Deep[edit]
Stephen Leeds, AKA Legion, is back with his aspects once again in tow. This time around Stephen is called on to help a friend after the mysterious disappearance of a body. His investigation is hampered by the interference of a trained assassin and the dead man's younger brother. Stephen and his invisible entourage face danger at every turn whilst looking into the body theft and the man's secretive work on human cells.[2]
Legion: Lies of the Beholder[edit]
Stephen Leeds, or 'Legion', has his final adventure. Two unrelated events start it off: the disappearance of one of Stephen's many 'aspects', Armando, and an unexpected cry for help from Sandra, the woman who helped him learn to live with his condition many years before. The combination of the two leads to a sinister high-tech firm specializing in advanced methods of human incarceration.[3]
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Reception[edit]
Legion has been well received by reviewers, one commenting: 'This is the first time I wish a Brandon Sanderson story was longer than it ended up being. Maybe we'll get to read more about Stephen 'Legion' Leeds in future stories or novels, if Sanderson finds the time between all his other projects. Leeds is definitely a character with enough depth to lead an entire novel, or even a series. Based on this short teaser novella and Sanderson's writing talent, Legion could be the starting point for a great contemporary fantasy/crime hybrid'.[4]
Television rights[edit]
In 2013, Sanderson posted on his blog that Lionsgate has the rights for a Legion television show under option,[5] and later said the TV rights were purchased by Lionsgate sometime in 2012.[6] In 2016, Sanderson posted on Reddit that interest for making a series had dwindled after a show with the same name featuring a similar character from Marvel Comics' X-Men universe was announced.[7] As of September 2020 the rights are held by Cineflix Media.[8]
References[edit]
- ^Sanderson, Brandon. 'Legion'. Brandonsanderson.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Legion: Skin Deep'. brandonsanderson.com. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^Sanderson, Brandon (18 December 2018). Amazon book description. ISBN978-1596068858.
- ^Raets, Stefan (2012-09-05). 'Legion by Brandon Sanderson'. Far Beyond Reality. Retrieved 2014-02-28.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'State of the Sanderson'.
- ^'Brandon Sanderson Tweet'. Retrieved 2014-04-04.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Brandon Sanderson (mistborn) comments on Marvel's Legion show'.
- ^'Recorded Books® Launches Sci-Fi Thriller Audio Originals Program with Brandon Sanderson and Mainframe, LLC'. PRWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
Just last week, police forces across Europe arrested individuals who they believed had been using the notorious DroidJack malware to spy on Android users.
Now attention has been turned on to another piece of software that can spy on communications, secretly record conversations, snoop on browsing histories and take complete control of a remote device. But, unlike DroidJack, OmniRAT doesn't limit itself to Android users – it can also hijack computers running Windows and Mac OS X too.
And that's not the only difference between DroidJack and OmniRAT. Both of them may be being sold openly online, but OmniRAT retails for as little as $25 compared to DroidJack's more hefty $210.
Security researchers at the anti-virus company Avast describe OmniRAT as a 'Remote Administration Tool.
And it certainly can be used for entirely legitimate purposes, with the permission and consent of the owners of Android, Mac and Windows computers it tries to control.
But, in the wrong hands, it can also be considered a 'Remote Access Trojan' – giving malicious hackers an opportunity to sneakily spy on and steal from unsuspecting users duped into installing the code.
In his blog post, researcher Nikolaos Chrysaidos describes how he believes hackers have infected Androids with OmniRAT after sending an SMS.
Apparently, a German Android user explained on the Techboard-online forum how he had received an SMS telling him that an MMS had not been delivered directly to him due to the StageFright vulnerability.
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In order to access the MMS, the user was told to follow a bit.ly link within three days, and enter a PIN code.
However, as Crysaidos explains, visiting the URL would initiate the attempt to install OmniRAT onto the target's Android device:
Once you enter your number and code, an APK, mms-einst8923, is downloaded onto the Android device. The mms-einst8923.apk, once installed, loads a message onto the phone saying that the MMS settings have been successfully modified and loads an icon, labeled 'MMS Retrieve' onto the phone.
Once the icon is opened by the victim, mms-einst8923.apk extracts OmniRat, which is encoded within the mms-einst8923.apk. In the example described on Techboard-online, a customized version of OmniRat is extracted.
Perhaps the long list of permissions requested by the app would make you think twice, if it weren't so common for so many popular apps in the Google Play store to make similar requests.
The problem of course is that through its cunning social engineering, and the target's keen attempt to view the MMS that they might have been sent, it may be all too likely that the user grants permission for the app to be installed without thinking of the possible consequences.
And, as the app is capable of sending its own SMS messages, it may be that your infected Android device could then send further messages with malicious intent to your friends, family and colleagues, in the hope of hijacking further devices. After all, users are more likely to be tricked into believing a message is legitimate, and letting their guard down, if they receive a message apparently coming from someone they know and trust.
Sadly victims will probably have no clue that their devices are compromised, and even if they uninstall the MMS Retrieve icon, the customised version of OmniRAT remains installed on their Android smartphone, and will be sending data to a command and control (C&C) server seemingly based in Russia:
So, the question to ask is how should you protect yourself?
Well, clearly you should resist the urge to install apps onto your smartphone from anywhere other than the official app stores. Although malware has unfortunately snuck into the Google Play store in the past, you're much more likely to encounter malicious code from unauthorised sources.
Furthermore, I would recommend running a security product on your Android device to detect malicious code and that – if possible – you keep your Android smartphone patched with the latest version of the operating system.
Finally, always think long and hard before clicking on links from untrusted sources. It could be that you're just one click away from a hacker trying to take remote control of your Android phone.
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